The military working group discussed and evaluated these two plans and first denied the first plan, because it is indeed impossible to draw an army on the Chenyang battlefield to reinforce the Yalu River battlefield; most people also opposed the listing of the Korean Peninsula as the target of this war. After all, the East China government has limited resources. Although there is still considerable strength, the competition war has not yet ended yet, and a part of the resources are reserved to deal with emergencies. Moreover, Japan has occupied the Korean Peninsula for more than 10 years, but its arrangement in North Korea can be reversed until 1882. It has been operating in North Korea for more than 20 years and has already cultivated a group of leading parties. Therefore, it is not easy to achieve the goal if it really wants to list the Korean Peninsula as a target.

Secondly, the Korean Peninsula is just a colony of Japan after all, not a Japanese homeland. Therefore, the People's Army's attack on the Korean Peninsula may not force Japan to make concessions during the negotiations and accept compensation conditions. C Finally, although the Korean Peninsula is very important in the geopolitical government of East Asia, it is not impossible without the Korean Peninsula. In the final analysis, it depends on the strength of the East China government itself. If the East China government can use this war to complete the region, then there will be still opportunities to include the Korean Peninsula in its own sphere of influence in the future.

The first plan is denied, and the second plan will become the first choice for the working group, and this plan is indeed more pragmatic. Although it cannot completely wipe out or severely damage the Japanese army, it is enough to give enough killing and make the Japanese army unable to launch a new attack. Of course, it is not a problem to transfer the Marine Corps back.

But it is not enough to just protect the Yalu River defense line. The People's Army also needs to create new bargaining chips for negotiations with Japan after the East China government. However, at this time, Navy Minister Shang Jinfeng made another suggestion, and dispatched the navy to shell the important cities and ports along the coast of Japan. When necessary, landing operations can also be carried out on the Japanese mainland. The goal is not to occupy Japan's place, but to destroy Japan's homeland.

Japan is an island country, with its main cities, and economically developed areas are basically all in the coastal areas. Moreover, the Japanese Navy has almost been wiped out. It can be said that the People's Army Navy has no threat at all and can surround the four local islands of Japan. This can of course put huge pressure on Japan and naturally become an important bargaining chip for the East China government in negotiations.

This suggestion was also approved by others, which is indeed the best solution for the East China government at present. So the working group formally determined the next combat plan and handed over to the Military Commission to formulate a detailed combat plan.

Another thing is that the United States and Germany's military observation groups have arrived in Qingdao, and the East China government has arranged military observers from the two countries to go to the two battlefields of Chenyang and Yalu River for observation. Because the battle in the Far East War Zone was basically over at this time, the East China government did not consider arranging them to the Far East War Zone. However, the head of the German Military Observation Group, Oscar von Hutier, proposed to the East China government that it hopes to send a team to the Far East War Zone to observe.

Although the political significance of the military observation group is greater than that of the military, Germany is a country that advocates military after all. Because of this Far East War, the East China government defeated Russia and Japan by one against two. Despite the speculative factors of waiting for work, the strategic and tactical use of the East China government is also one of the main factors. Most of the members of the German observation group are professional soldiers, and their professional nature naturally makes them very interested in this war.

After listening to the East China government's introduction to the war process, the German Observatory Group paid attention to the People's Army's raid of Vladivostok, and believed that this raid was not only a turning point in the entire war, but also a bold and innovative battle in terms of the war itself, which deserves serious research by Germany. Therefore, it is hoped to have a detailed understanding of this war. Although the war in the Far East War Zone was basically over, the German Observatory Group insisted on sending a group to Vladivostok, mainly to inspect the battlefield situation on the spot, so that the German Observatory Group could have a deeper understanding of the war. The German rigorous and serious style was fully reflected at this time.

The East China government did not refuse the German Observatory's insistence, after all, this was not a difficult matter. And almost every day, ships sailed to Vladivostok, so it was not difficult to get in. So Huthier also selected eight people from the members of the Observatory's delegation, led by his cousin Colonel Erich von Rudendolf to rush to Vladivostok.

In fact, Xia Bohai, Qin Zheng, Xiao Jianjun, Shang Jinfeng, Zhu Yaping and others were all surprised because this list can be regarded as a star-studded star, of course it refers to the future. For example, Huthier, the leader of the Observation Group, and his cousin Rudendolf, these two were famous generals in the German army in the First World War in the old time and space. The former was most famous for pioneering the defense of the trench and named it after himself.

"Hutir Tactics", also known as "infiltration tactics" or "storm assault" tactics. Simply put, it is to concentrate a small number of elite soldiers to form an assault force, equipped with weapons that can be carried by individual soldiers and have strong firepower, to find the weak links of the enemy on the battlefield, and launch a rapid attack; after breaking through the position, it does not stop but continues to attack forward, expands the results of the battle, and will distribute the task of clearing the battlefield to ordinary soldiers behind it.

In the "Spring Offensive" launched by Germany in the late World War I, Germany achieved great results with this tactic, but because Germany's national strength was insufficient at that time, its tactical success could not change the overall situation. However, the "Hutier Tactics" became famous. During World War II, Germany's famous blitzkrieg largely borrowed the idea of ​​"Hutier Tactics".

Of course, the "Hutyr Tactics" was not actually founded by Hutyr alone, but was the result of collective research by many German officers. However, Hutyr was the person who used this tactic the most successfully in World War I, and his cousin Rudendolf also played an important role in the establishment of this tactic.

However, although Rudendolf did not leave his own traces in this tactic, his personal glory was far more dazzling than his cousin in World War I. Before the war began, he was just a major general. At the end of the war, he was not only promoted to general, but also served as the highest position of the German military, the Chief of General Staff. Although Germany eventually failed, Rudendolf showed outstanding military talent, organizational ability and tactical skills in this war, and was the best army commander in World War I.

In the old time and space, World War I was defined as a war between the new and old empires for world hegemony. Therefore, history did not have a high evaluation of all parties participating in the war. However, from a purely military perspective, Huthir and Rudendolf were undoubtedly the most outstanding soldiers of that era. Their combat ideas and tactical concepts were also worthy of careful study and study in later generations.

In addition to these two people, the members of the German military observation group also had an old friend of the East China Government, Prince Heinrich, who was the deputy commander of the observation group and the head of the naval part. Of course, he was named. The prince's main task was to conduct political exchanges and communication with the East China Government. Because Germany had an idea of ​​forming an alliance with the East China Government to deal with Russia, an important task of the prince was to test the attitude of the East China Government. The actual person in charge of the naval personnel was Lejjhartscher. He had been to China for the second time. Last time he came to Qingdao as the head of the German side who built a warship for the East China Government, and participated in the Java Navy Battle. This time, Scher was also the main application and received the support of German Navy Minister Tirpitz. Navy personnel were assigned to several cruisers to participate in the cruise blocking the Tsuma Strait. Scher was temporarily staying in Qingdao to participate in the captain exchange class of the People's Army Navy and to understand the detailed process of the Tsuma Sea Battle.

Compared with the starlight of the German Observatory, the starlight of the American Military Observatory is much dimmer. Except for the leader of the team, Brigadier General John Joseph Pershing, there are basically no names known to time travelers. This is mainly because the United States participated in the war at the end of World War I in the old time and space, so there were many famous generals in World War I. Most of the well-known American generals appeared during World War II. Now these people are still low-level officers and are not selected for the Observatory.

Pershing was a very rare American general who was famous in World War I, and he was also promoted to brigade general just now. Before that, he was a military officer of the U.S. Embassy in Japan. After the beginning of the Russo-Japanese War, he served as a military observer of the Russo-Japanese War. After the Battle of Fengtian, he returned to the United States to report the details of the war to President Roosevelt. He was deeply appreciated by Roosevelt and used the president's power to directly promote Pershing from captain to brigade general.

However, not long after Pershing left the Far East battlefield, the situation reversed, and all the information collected by Pershing was invalidated. However, President Roosevelt believed that Pershing had served in Asia for a long time and had served as a military observer. Therefore, this time, he appointed Pershing as the leader to lead the team, and then went to the Far East to observe the war and understand the attitude of the East China government. After all, President Roosevelt had sent mediation signals to the three parties involved in the war.

Of course, there were also time travelers who found a name they knew from the US Military Observation Corps, Brigadier General Robley *d* Evans, the head of the Navy. This man was so famous that he was not in any battles, but in the old time and space, he served as the commander of the Great White Fleet organized by the United States to conduct a global voyage. Apart from that, he did not do anything big.

The US military observation group is much lower-key than the Germans and has not made any special requests. It basically respects the arrangements of the East China government. After all, the US's focus is mainly on the political level rather than on the military level.
Chapter completed!